The Engine Team 4/5/24 The Engine Team 4/5/24

Startup News Digest 04/05/24

Internet affordability funding to run out, reversing progress on digital divide

Imani Webb 4/5/24 Imani Webb 4/5/24

#StartupsEverywhere: San Francisco, Calif.

Titan AI is committed to empower individuals with its wearable AI-enabled badge to enhance overall well-being. We talked to Founder and CEO Isaac Reed about AI and data privacy, hard tech manufacturing, and how serial entrepreneurs learn from previous ventures.

The Engine Team 4/4/24 The Engine Team 4/4/24

Broadband, the ACP, and an equitable startup ecosystem

Startups, their founders, and their users can come from anywhere across the country.

The Engine Team 3/29/24 The Engine Team 3/29/24

Startup News Digest 03/29/24

Openness in AI beneficial for startups, innovation

Margot Lee Schmorak 3/29/24 Margot Lee Schmorak 3/29/24

Invest in women to ignite innovation

Every March, we celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month as a global celebration of women’s achievements. And in the startup ecosystem, there’s a lot to celebrate—women are trailblazing and innovating at unprecedented rates.

Lex Samuels 3/29/24 Lex Samuels 3/29/24

#StartupsEverywhere: Indianapolis, Ind.

MITO Materials Solutions founding team believes improvements to materials can ultimately improve quality of life. The company is creating additives that improve the durability and toughness of legacy industrial materials, giving manufacturers the ability to make lighter and stronger products. We talked to Co-Founder and CEO Haley Marie Keith about her journey from the university to entrepreneurship pipeline, inequities and challenges facing women founders, and the pros and cons of working with government programs.

The Engine Team 3/22/24 The Engine Team 3/22/24

Startup News Digest 03/22/24

Bipartisan tax legislation needed by startups remains in Senate limbo

Jennifer Weinhart 3/22/24 Jennifer Weinhart 3/22/24

What the ecosystem needs to ensure Innovation for All

The U.S. startup ecosystem is built on the foundation that entrepreneurship is for anybody with an idea — but in practice, systemic inequities and socio-economic factors hold back many founders and would-be founders.

Imani Webb 3/22/24 Imani Webb 3/22/24

#StartupsEverywhere: Portland, Ore.

Based on past experiences in the workplace, Greg Gasperin created Merify to enable talent managers to equitably identify and reward top performers for valuable work. The platform also serves as a tool for employees to quantify and track their performance data. We spoke with him about the need for trust and accuracy in the workplace, Merify’s extensive use of independent contractors, and a much needed social safety net for startup founders.

The Engine Team 3/15/24 The Engine Team 3/15/24

Startup News Digest 03/15/24

Rule takes effect restricting startups’ ability to hire contract labor

Lex Samuels 3/15/24 Lex Samuels 3/15/24

#StartupsEverywhere: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ellie Gordon is a serial entrepreneur whose passion for improving people’s lives through technology led her to Behaivior. Leveraging AI-based technologies, Behaivior seeks to save lives through the use of wearable technology for crisis aversion. We had the opportunity to have Ellie walk us through her story, aspirations for Behaivior, and the policy landscape she faces.

Jennifer Weinhart 3/15/24 Jennifer Weinhart 3/15/24

The Corporate Transparency Act: What it is, where we are now, and what startups should know

A law went into effect this year impacting tens of millions of startups and small businesses, and it should have the attention of founders across the country—but few know about it.

The Engine Team 3/8/24 The Engine Team 3/8/24

Startup News Digest 03/08/24

House passes package expanding capital access for startups

Imani Webb 3/7/24 Imani Webb 3/7/24

#StartupsEverywhere: Frederiksted, V.I.

Tarik McMillan and Tamara Mohammed founded Greater Changes with the goal of making mental health services accessible for people, no matter their background. We spoke with them about the sometimes challenging process of developing a telehealth platform, ‘Change’, their experiences fighting stigma and operating out of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and their goals for 2024.

The Engine Team 3/1/24 The Engine Team 3/1/24

Startup News Digest 03/01/24

Foundational trade policy may be extended, staving digital tariffs for now

Lex Samuels 3/1/24 Lex Samuels 3/1/24

#StartupsEverywhere: Cambridge, Mass.

Davinci Wearables is on a mission to provide personalized health insights and empower active lifestyles for women. We talked to Founder and CEO Christy Fernandez-Cull about actionable health insights, raising capital for a female-focused company, and normalizing women's health.

The Engine Team 2/23/24 The Engine Team 2/23/24

Startup News Digest 2/23/24

Age verification requirements undermine startup competitiveness

Lex Samuels 2/23/24 Lex Samuels 2/23/24

#StartupsEverywhere: Boston, Mass.

Bellybaloo is a new way for expecting families to safely access their ultrasound images electronically and share those precious moments with those who matter most. We talked to Founder and CEO Ellen Murphy about the challenges faced by women founders, maternal health, and data privacy when it comes to sensitive health data.